Case or cabinet having sliding doors.



O. F. KURZ.

CASE 0R GABINET HAVING SLIDING DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.24,1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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PATENT oFFroE.

CHARLES F. KURZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CASE OR CABINET HAVING SLIDING D0638.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filed October 24, 1908. SeriaI No. 459,887.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, CHARLES F.KU RZ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cases or Cabinets Having Sliding Doors; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswillenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved case or cabinet having the following :-a chamber and a doorway affording access to the said chamber; laterally s aced tracks arranged on the bottom and ongitudinally between u wardly movable doors mounted on and s hiftable endwise of the different tracks respectively and having their upper portions provided with bearing surfaces, and means whereby the said bearing surfaces are guided during fdi'cated byt e arrow.

the movement of the doors on the tracks without interfering with the lifting of the doors and with the removability of the lifted doors forwardly from the doorway.

The primary object of this invention is to have the doors so connected with the tracks' and with the top wall ofthe doorway that forward and rearward displacement of the doors is prevented and the doors are free to be lifted and removed forwardly from the doorway to afford convenient access to the inner side of the glass of the doors for cleaning pur oses.

Anot or object is to construct a case or cabinet of the character indicated having the said doors slanting upwardlv and rearwardly without interfering with their being lifted and removed from the doorway.

With these objects in view, and to the end of realizing other advantages, such, for instance, as simplicity and convenience, this invention consists in certain features of con struction, and combinations of parts, hereinafter -described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawm s.'

n the said drawings, Figure 1 is a front side view of a case or cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22, Fi 1, looking-in the directlonm- Fig. 3 is a vertical section corresponding with Fig. 2 except that in Fig. 3 the doors are shown lifted preparatory to their removal forwardly from a the case or cabinet.

Fr 4 is a section on line 44, Fig. 2, looking forwardly.

Portions are broken away in the drawings to reduce their size, and Figs: 2, 3 and 4 are drawn on a larger scale than Fig. 1.

Referrin to the drawings, A indicates the case or cabinet which has a chamber a, and a doorway 7 arranged at the front of the case 'or cabinet and affording access to the said chamber. The bottom 8 of the doorway slopes downwardlv and rearwardly toward the bottom 10 of the chamber a.

Suitably secured to the bottom 8 of the doorway are two stationary metal bars B which are arranged side by side and longitudinally between the side walls of the doorway. Each bar B is provided at its u per side and centrally between the longitu inal edges of the bar with an upwardly projecting flange b which extends longitudinally of the bar. Each flan e 1) forms a track for a door D which has a g ass or transparent panel D and is mounted on and shiftable endwise of the track, which door extends longitudinall T of the engaging track a distance enough shorter than the distance between the side walls of the doorway to accommodate the movement of the door endwise of the track. My improved case or cabinet is provided therefore with two laterally spaced stationary tracks b and 5 arranged on the bottom of the doorwa and longitudinally between the side walls 0 the doorway.

Each door D is shown slanting upwardly and rearwardly and I would here remark that slanting doors of the character indicated are not infrequently more desirable for an effective and convenient display of certain merchandise than verticall arranged doors.

Each door D is rovi ed, in its upper edge and about central y between the forward and rear sides of the door, with a recess 12 which extends from end to end of the said edge, which recess is en aged by a stationary wooden bar 13 which 1s arranged longitudinally of the said edge and glued or otherwise attached to the wooden top wall 9 of the doorwa Preferabl the recess 12 extends vertical y downward y from the u per edge of the door and has its rearwardly facing forward side wall resting against the forward side of the said bar 13 which in conjunction with the opposite side wall of the said recess constitutes a stop for preventlng forward displacement of the up )er portion of the door. The top wall of t 1e doorway is provided therefore with two laterally spaced guide-bars 12 which are arranged longitudinally between the side walls'of the doorway and engage the recess 12 in the upper edge of the different doors respectively.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that each door D has its upper portion provided with a rearwardly facing bearing surface which is formed by the rearwardly facing forward side wall of the recess 12 of the said door, and that the bar 13 engaging the said recess constitutes means for guiding the said bearing surface during the movement of the door on the engaging track.

The connection between each door and the engaging track is preferably through the me-' arranged within a recess 15 formed at the rear side and lower edge of the door and supported from the door in any approved manner.

Each door D is enough smaller in dimensions vertically than the doorway to accommodate lifting of the door, as shown in Fig. 3, far enough to remove its rollers from the engaging track and thereby permit the removal of the door forwardly from the doorway, and the recess 12 in the upper edge of the said door extends far enough below the guide-bar engaging the said recess to accommodate the said lifting of the doorr Preferably also the guide-bar is somewhat rounded at the junction of the rear sides and lower edges, and the side walls of the recess 7- are enough farther apart than the forward and rear sides of the engaging bar to facilitate a removal of the door forwardly from the doorway when the door has been lifted from the Q engaging track as shown in Fig. 3, and more especially to permit the door, upon being lifted, to be swung forwardly somewhat preparatory to fully removing the door from the doorway.

What I claim is:

1. In a case or cabinet having achamber and a doorway affording access to the chamber; laterally s aced tracks extending between the side walls of the doorway at the bottom of the doorway, and u wardly movable doors mounted on and sbi table endwise of the different tracks res ectively and re quiring to be lifted to ren er them movable forwardly from the doorway, each door and the top wall of the doorway having the one Each roller d of each door is preferably eaomse a recess and the other a guide-forming portion projecting into the said recess, said guide-forming portion and said recess being 7 arranged longitudinally of the travel of the door and being long enough to cause the said recess to be engaged by the said guideforming portion in any position of the door, and the said recess being large enough in dimensions vertically and transversely to permit the liftingof the door and the removal of the lifted door forwardly from the doorway.

2. In a case or cabinet having a chamber and a doorway affording access to the chamber; laterally spaced tracks extending longitudinally between the side walls of the doorway at the bottom of the doorway; upwardly movable doors mounted on and shiftable endwise of the different tracks res ectively and requiring to be lifted to rener them movable forwardly from the door.

way, each door being provided in the top edge thereof and intermediately the forward and rear sides of the door with a recess which extends from end to end of the said edge, and a stationary guide-bar projecting into and arranged longitudinally of the said recess, and the said ,recess extending far enough downwardly below the guide-bar,-

and the door having the said recess being loose enough relative to the guide-bar to permit lifting of the door and the removal of the lifted door forwardly from the door- I way. 1

3. In a case or cabinet having a chamber and a doorway affording access to the said chamber; laterally spaced tracks extending and rear sides of. the door with a recess which extends from end to end of the said edge, and a stationary guide-barprojectlng into and arranged longitudinally of the said recess and rounded at its rear side and loweredge and the said recess being wide enough nesses.

CHARLES F. KURZ.1 Witnesses:

C. H. Donna, Vroron C. LYNcH.

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